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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; National Association of Home Builders</title>
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		<title>13 to Watch in &#8217;13: Rick Judson, president of the National Association of Home Builders&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2013/02/08/13-to-watch-in-2013-rick-judson-president-of-the-national-association-of-home-builders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Part seven in a 13-part series) The homebuilding industry will be watching Rick Judson this year because Judson will spend the year watching over the homebuilding industry. Judson, 63, is the 2013 president of the National Home Builders Association, a nonprofit lobbying and advocacy organization with a $70 million annual budget and 150,000 members from throughout the residential construction and related industries.]]></description>
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		<title>On the Level: Rick Judson, principal manager of Evergreen Group and 2013 NAHB president&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/12/26/on-the-level-rick-judson-principal-manager-of-evergreen-group-and-2013-nahb-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Judson is no longer simply principal manager of Evergreen Group. Starting in January, he'll also be the president of the D.C.-based National Association of Home Builders, the first builder from Charlotte to occupy the office and only the third from North Carolina.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Charlotte homebuilders’ sentiments appear to match national Wells Fargo index&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/10/16/analysis-charlotte-homebuilders-sentiments-appear-to-match-national-wells-fargo-index/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Brown, Staff Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick: On a scale of 1 to 100, what’s your “sentiment index”? That’s apparently the question the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo people ask homebuilders every month.]]></description>
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		<title>Homebuilders group sees pickup in  housing this year&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2012/02/16/homebuilders-group-sees-pickup-in-%e2%80%a8housing-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. housing market will begin to mount a turnaround this year, building toward a solid recovery in 2013, according to a forecast by the chief economist of a homebuilding industry trade group.]]></description>
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		<title>Bargainers agree to  raise size of FHA- backed loans</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/11/18/bargainers-agree-to-%e2%80%a8raise-size-of-fha-%e2%80%a8backed-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &#8212; Congressional bargainers have agreed to increase the size of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration in a compromise being hailed by the housing industry but criticized by conservatives. Under the deal by House and Senate negotiators, the FHA would be able to insure mortgages worth up to $729,750 in the most expensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Builders advised not to hold  back info from appraisers&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/11/15/builders-advised-not-to-hold-%e2%80%a8back-info-from-appraisers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Home Builders has one message for its members: Come clean. The NAHB has published a two-page document that advises builders to get together with appraisers at the site where a home will be built, or has already been finished, and give all the information they can on price. The guidelines recommend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why it’s so tough to form a regional HBA&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/11/08/why-it%e2%80%99s-so-tough-to-form-a-regional-hba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Crenella]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Krista Long]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Charlotte metro area, there are nine homebuilders associations. Many of them are suffering from lower membership numbers, a side effect of the housing market’s troubles. For some HBAs, memberships are down by more than 50 percent, which means less income to operate, which in turn means staffing and hours of operation have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limited effect: FHA lowers loan caps, but Charlotte impact expected to be slight&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/29/limited-effect-fha-lowers-loan-caps-but-charlotte-impact-expected-to-be-slight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Federal Housing Administration’s single-family home loan limits dropped in more than 600 counties across the U.S., including some in the Charlotte area. On its face, it sounds like more grim news for the housing industry: Lower loan limits and price more people out of homeownership. But housing industry officials say it should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte not on  ‘improving’ housing market list&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/10/11/charlotte-not-on-%e2%80%a8%e2%80%98improving%e2%80%99-housing-market-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mecklenburg Times staff reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-three U.S. housing markets qualify as “improving,” but Charlotte is not one of them, according to a report released last week. The second edition of the National Association of Home Builders/ First American Improving Markets Index is based on housing permits, employment and housing prices. Twelve markets made the first edition of the list, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homebound: Many Charlotte-area  owners are staying put in  the downturn rather than downsizing&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/09/23/homebound-many-charlotte-area-%e2%80%a8owners-are-staying-put-in-%e2%80%a8the-downturn-rather-than-downsizing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Dubose]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News stories, pundits and blog entries across the U.S. have recently trumpeted the return of the smaller home as consumers look for ways to cut expenses as the economy limps along. But the trend has skipped over the Charlotte area, industry officials say. “Big, small: The size does not matter,” said Lori Lindsey, executive officer [...]]]></description>
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